Vapor-burner.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. E. A. FRANKLIN. VAPOR BURNER.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 2,1905.

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Attorn eys:

UNITED STATES PAi FENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. FRANKLIN OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

VAPOR-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906'.

Application filed June 3,1905. Serial No. 263.605.

per-Burner, of .Which the following is a specification. This invention relates to va or-burners, and more articularly. to that ciass of vaporburners which are especially adapted for the consumption of crude oil and similar heavy hydrocarbons, although the use thereof is not necessarily limited in this respect. I

Among the objects of the present invention are to simplify and'improve the construction and operation of this class of burners, to provide sim 1e and improved means for reguating and I eflecting the flame, and to present a device which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and eneral efficiency. With these and other ends in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better'understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination ofparts,which will be hereinafterfully described, and particulai'ly pointed out in the claims. I

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise'structural' details therein exhibited, but that the right is reserved to any changes, alterations, and modifications to which recourse may be had within the scope of the. invention and 'without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the efficiency of the same.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectional view of a hydrocarbonburner constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention, the same being taken on the plane indicated by the line 1 1 in Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view taken on the plane indicated by the line 22 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view with arts broken away for the purpose of exposmg the subjacent construction. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view showing the burner tip inverted. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view showing the deflector detached.

- Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar charactrs of reference. I y

The form of the invention herein shown-1s especially adapted to cooking stoves and ranges, it being understood that modifications whereby the invention is adapted to be used in connection with heating-stovesof various patterns are within the range of the skill of the ordinary mechanic. 7

The device includes a hollow casting or reservoir 1, formed with a conical projection 2 upon its upper side, the sides of said conical projection being dished, so that an annular groove 3 will be formed at the base of the cone. The casting or member 1 has a cored chamber 4, constituting a reservoir, into the upper. part of which at opposite sides are threaded pipes 5 and 6. The casting 1 is. also formed with an exterior-grooved flange 7, forming an annular gutter 8.

The casting or, as it may be properly termed, the vaporizing-chamber is connected, by means of brackets 9, with the ,under side of a supporting-plate 10, which has been shown circular in shape, so that it may be supported in or above one of the griddleholes 11 in an ordinary stove-top,'a portion of which has been shown at 12. The pipes 5 and 6 are extended through perforations 13 in .the plate 10 and are provided above said plate with elbows 14 '15. The elbow 14 of the pipe 5 is connected, by means of av conducting-pipe 16, with a storage-tank 17, said valve 18, where y the flow of the li uid hydrocarbon may be regulated. The e bow 15 has connected therewith a cap 19, into the under side of which is threaded a nozzle 20, constituting the burner-tip and which is preferabl' provided with a non-circular portion aifor ing a wrench-seat, enabling it to be readily detached for the purpose of cleaning it or replacing it with a new one when necessary. The supporting-plate 10 isprovided with a central opening 21, disposed directly beneath the nozzle or burner-tip, which latter is directed toward the apex of the cone 2.

Mounted for rotation upon the cap 19 is a deflecting member-22, which consists simply ofa metallic strip or band bentto form'a sleeve 23, encircling thecap and having a slot 24 engaging the tip or nozzle 20. The ends of the metalv strip forming the sleeve 23 are connected by means of a clamping-bolt 25, having a nut 26, whereb the device is secured for rotation upon t e burner-cap, and the ends of the strip are extended in opposite directions, forming a handle 27 whereby the device may be mani ulated to turn or rotate the sleeve, and a de ecting-leaf'28, which by partially rotating the sleeve may be extended beneath the burner-tip or moved to one side of the latter, as may be desired;

The 0 ening 21 in the plate 10 is surrounded hy an annular flange 29, upon which is mounted an oscillatory slide 30, which rests upon the plate 10 and is provided with perforations 31, adapted to register with apertures 32 in the said plate 10, said apertures 32 being provided with inner walls 33, which are inclined in the direction of the central aperture. The oscillatory sliding member is provided with pins or studs 34, extending through segmental slots 35 in the plate 10, said slots being concentric with the axis upon which the slide oscillates, the function being simply to limit the movement of said slide. Ihe latter, as will be readily seen, may be turned so as to obstruct the openings 32, or it may be adjusted so as to uncover said openings wholly or in part, thus regulating the admission of air needed for immediate admixture with the vapor gener- I valve 18 is now ated by the burner to form a readily-combustible gas. It will of course be understood that the major part of the air needed to support combustion will be furnished through the draft-openings in the stove in connection with which the device is used.

In the operation of this device the liquid fuel is permitted to flow from the tank through the conducting pipes 16 and 5, through the chamber 4, and through the pipe 6 into the cap 19, from which it is discharged through the nozzle or burner-tip 20 upon the apex of the cone 2. When the groove 3, surroundingthe base of the cone, has been partly filled, the supply may be turned off, and the .oil-in the groove 3 may be ignited by dropping 40 a lighted match through the aperture 21'. Overflow from the groove 3 will be caught in the channel 8 and will be ignited, thus assistin in quickly heating the generator 1.

W on the latter has been thoroughly heated,

the oil contained -in the chamber 4 will be vaporized and rise through the tube 6, being discharged downwardly through the nozzle 20 in t e form of vapor, which will be instantl i nited, the flames being deflected latera ly by the sides .of the cone, as indicated by arrows in Fig; 1 ofthe drawings. The adjusted to keep up constant flow of oil as long as it shall be desired to keep the burner going, it being extinguished by merely cutting-off the supply of fuel. If it is desired to minimize the consumption of fuel, the deflector 28 is adjusted approximately in the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings that is, extending beneath the burner-tip, so that the vapor emerging throu h the latter shall be deflected to one side. When the deflector'is in-this position, it is found that a misfit to support combustion when the deflectoris moved out of the path of the vapor issuing from the nozzle-tip. .From the foregoing description, taken in connection with.v the drawings hereto anadapted to be su ported in the griddle-holes or upon the top p ate of the stove, as the case may be. The heat may be easily regulated, and a very intense heat may be generated with a small consumption of fuel.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. A casting cored to form a generatingchamber and having on its up er side a conical projection with dished wa ls forming an annular channel surrounding the base of the cone, suspending means for 'said castin a feed-pi e entering the generating-cham er, and a ischar -p1pe connected with the gencrating-chain er and extending1 above and discharging in the direction of t e cone.

2. A generator having upon its upper side a cone, and an annular channel surrounding the base of,the cone; suspending means for the generator; a supply-pipe threaded into one side of the generator; an exit-pipe thread ed into the opposite side of the same and having a lateral -extending terminal cap and a nozzle or burner-tip the outer end of whichforms a wrench-seat and the inner end of which is threaded into said cap and directed toward the apex of the cone.

3. A late having an aperture, a generatorsuspen ed beneath said apertu e and having upon its upper side a conical pro'ec'tion and a channel surrounding the base 0 the cone an annular overflow-gutter formed exteriorly upon the generator,a supply-pipe connected with one side of the, generator, an exit-pipe connected with the opposite side of the generator and extending. through "the supporting-plate, a terminal cap connected with and extending laterally from the exit-pipe, and a nozzle or burner-tip threaded into said cap and directed toward the apex of the cone.

4. A burner-cap, a nozzleextending radially from said cap, a sleeve encircling the cap and having a slot engaging the nozzle, and a deflecting member connected with said sleeve. v

5. A burner-cap, a tip or nozzle radiatin therefrom, a sleeve encircling the cap and having a slot engaging the tip, and leaves extending in opposite directions from said sleeve and constituting respectively a defleotor and a handle.

6. A burner-cap, a tip or nozzle radiating therefrom a strip encircling the cap to form means for clamping the sleeve for rotation a sleeve and having a slot engaging thetip, and a clamping-bolt connecting the parts of the strip constituting. the sleeve; the ends of said strip being bent in opposite directions to constitute respectively a handle and a de- 4 flector.

7. The combination with a burner-cap upon the cap; the slotted portion being in engagement with the tip to limit the extent of rotation of the sleeve.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto ailixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD A. FKANKLIN.

Witnesses:

Z. T. TULUME, E. R. FRANKLIN. 

